Yahoo responded to Ofcom’s ongoing second review of public service broadcasting by rubbishing the regulator’™s vision for online. It offered an alternative model – a public content fund involving advertising and revenue share. It also joined the growing ranks complaining about the BBC’s scale. Yahoo said Ofcom’s description of search as “the starting point for […]

A UK media academic has warned broadcasters and national newspapers not to be fooled by “hype” about the Internet. Patrick Barwise, emeritus professor of management and marketing at the London Business School, defined as “Bollocks 2.0” claims about the threat to traditional media from innovations such as social networking and Internet TV. “Television is not […]

Google and Microsoft shares were hit when each reported quarterly earnings that fell short of most analysts' estimates. But both companies expressed cautious optimism that their international reach would continue to protect them from the worst; for the first time Google's international revenue outstripped that in the US. Google and Microsoft shares were hit when […]

Erik Huggers has been confirmed by the BBC as its new director of future media and technology, replacing Ashley Highfield. The BBC has also hired an expert on virtual worlds as part of its efforts to bring its TV and internet output closer together. Roo Reynolds, who is currently a ';metaverse evangelist' at IBM, will […]

The quality of the television offer will be the main criteria for the evaluation of bids on the tender that will award the license to run Portugal's fifth national terrestrial TV channel. The quality of the television offer will be the main criteria for the evaluation of bids on the tender that will award the […]

News Corp. is rumoured to be selling its television companies in Latvia, Serbia and Bulgaria. The company has reportedly hired the US investment company Lehman Brothers to ascertain the value and strategic options for three Eastern European television stations after being approached by multiple suitors. News Corp. is the owner of the Latvian television channels […]

Europe's mobile industry is cutting back spending on new networks and services as a growing regulatory burden from the European Union puts profitability under pressure, In its response to the European Commission’s public consultation on the voice roaming regulation, the GSMA warns that European mobile operators, on average, are only just covering their weighted cost […]

CNN’s international news site has seen a 250 per cent increase in traffic to its video reports in the past year, according to the company, reflecting an industry-wide surge in demand for video content. The US news broadcaster saw its biggest traffic spikes in May around its video reports of the demonstrations in Myanmar and […]